juvenile justice

When kids are charged with a crime, while presumed innocent, they’re sometimes detained at county juvenile detention centers while they wait for their case to be resolved. The centers are mandated to provide education. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on northern Illinois centers labeled “non-compliant” by the state in education and discipline.

People under 21 who are convicted of a crime could serve time in a juvenile facility instead of an adult jail.State lawmakers are considering a measure…

A federal judge is giving Cook County a week to fix what he calls a “glaring inconsistency” in how it treats juvenile arrestees. A federal lawsuit claims…

Juvenile justice reformers say a trio of new laws signed by Governor Bruce Rauner will help lower the number of kids behind bars in Illinois.“Each one…